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<\/a>J. Drake Bishop ’14<\/p><\/div>\n
Brett Heyder ’14 investigated the identity of bacterial strains responsible for epidemics of dysentery in 17th century England. \u00a0He will attend Eastern Virginia Medical School in the fall.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Brett Heyder ’14<\/p><\/div>\n
James Hughes ’14 worked on the genomics of a strain of mycobacteriophage isolated and characterized at Hampden-Sydney as part of a national Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) student research initiative. \u00a0He will attend the Mercer University School of Medicine in the fall.<\/p>\n
<\/a>James Hughes ’14<\/p><\/div>\n
Christian Lehman competed a project involving the cloning of bacterial genes that could be used to develop a long-term treatment for lactose intolerance. \u00a0Christian will be applying to Ph.D. programs in molecular biology this fall.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Christian Lehman ’14<\/p><\/div>\n
Francis Polakiewicz ’14 worked on the development of mathematical models that could predict the spread of disease through a given population. \u00a0He is deciding between masters degree programs in biomathematics for this fall.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Francis Polakiewicz ’14<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year, the H-SC Biology Department is proud to recognize 5 of its graduating seniors for their departmental honors research work. \u00a0J. Drake Bishop ’14 completed a project on tumor immunology and will attend Eastern Virginia Medical School in the … Continue reading